Blunt , n.
1. A fencer's foil. [Obs.]
2. A short needle with a
strong point. See Needle.
3. Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield.
Blunt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Blunting.]
1. To dull the edge
or point of,
by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Shak.
2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the
mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
Blunt (&?;), a. [Cf.
Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt
knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel.
blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind.]
1. Having a thick edge or
point, as an
instrument; dull; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and
blunt.
Shak.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; --
opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
Shak.
3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting
the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. "Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior." "A plain, blunt man." Shak.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.]
I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
Pope.
&fist; Blunt is much used in
composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken.
Syn. -- Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil.
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